A Life for the Tsar
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A Life for the Tsar (Russian: Жизнь за царя, romanized: Zhizn za tsarya listenⓘ) is a "patriotic-heroic tragic opera" in four acts with an epilogue by Mikhail Glinka. During the Soviet era the opera was known under the name Ivan Susanin (Russian: Иван Сусанин listenⓘ).
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Opera by Mikhail Glinka | |
Native title | Russian: "Жизнь за царя", Zhizn' za tsarya |
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Language | Russian |
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The original Russian libretto, based on historical events, was written by Nestor Kukolnik, Egor Fyodorovich (von) Rozen, Vladimir Sollogub and Vasily Zhukovsky. It premiered on 27 November 1836 OS (9 December NS) at the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg. The historical basis of the plot involves Ivan Susanin, a patriotic hero of the early 17th century who died in the expulsion of the invading Polish army for the newly elected Tsar Michael of Russia, the first of the Romanov dynasty, elected in 1613.[1]